There have been many stories about the ongoing battle between Scientology and a loose-knit, Internet-based gang of anti-Scientology anarchists known as Anonymous.
Scientology vs. angry web trolls
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Exploring Glenn Beck’s beliefs
One thing everyone can agree on is that Glenn Beck–the conservative star of TV, radio publishing and occasional live events–is hot. He’s also controversial, as a Beck-friendly columnist recently acknowledged in USA Today:
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Poll-eez!
Don’t we Americans love studies, surveys and polls? Some are particularly vulnerable to reports that claim to bring statistical precision to messy topics like religion and spirituality.
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'Lying' jokes about atheism
It’s been a big weekend for God-haunted movie openings, with the Coen brothers’ “A Serious Man” duking it out with British comedian Ricky Gervais’s “The Invention of Lying.”
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In search of “nones”
Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA TODAY caught our attention with this recent story: “People with ‘no religion’ gain on major denominations.”
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The Coens’ metaphysical movies
Since the 1960s, Woody Allen has made dozens of movies that have mixed entertainment and exploration of metaphysical issues. Perhaps Allen was an inspiration for Oscar-winning movie makers Joel and Ethan Coen, whose latest film, “A Serious Man,” opens Friday.
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Moore and mammon, revisited
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Capitalism, Catholicism and Mr. Moore
Sunday’s New York Times profile of filmmaker Michael Moore, whose “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens nationwide Oct. 2, asked readers to view Moore as a modern-day embodiment of Charlie Chaplin:
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‘Is God Dead?’ revisited
John T. Elson died on Sept. 7. John who, you ask? The New York Times’ obit explains that Elson was the Time religion editor who wrote the magazine’s famous 1966 cover story asking: “Is God dead?”
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